OK PolicyCast

Pair of DEQ staffers conspired with legislator to torpedo agency funding; early-voting turnout lines up with past primary elections; Governor tours child immigration housing at Fort Sill; & more...

Oklahomans paid $75 a month for ACA health insurance after tax credits; Low vaccination rate concerns Tulsa health officials; Oklahoma County District Attorney inquiry focuses on T.W. Shannon, Joy Ho…

Judge rules Fallin can withhold documents; Oklahoma state schools superintendent loans campaign almost $1 million in last month; Rogers County audit shows misused funds, uncollected taxes; & more...

House lawmakers propose 93 interim studies; Monday earthquakes prompt bridge inspections for structural damage; summer cooling assistance available for low-income households; & more...

Independent autopsy finds IV was not set properly in botched execution; unaccompanied immigrant children begin their arrival at Fort Sill; Oklahoma state superintendent candidates outline what they w…

Hundreds of immigrant children to arrive in Fort Sill by weekend; judge sets hearing in Fallin open records case; despite court losses, Attorney General Scott Pruitt continues fight with EPA; & more.…

Oklahoma mental health services struggling with $20 million cuts; Health Care Authority to recommend 7.75% provider rate cuts; Democrats charge Republicans illegally cut Oklahoma scholarship program;…

State's misses May revenue estimate as corporate income tax falls to zero after refunds; Oklahoma City Councilman calls incentives deal for sporting goods chain deal 'extortion'; & more...

States' refusal of Medicaid expansion leads Mercy to lay off 300 workers; Oklahoma Rehabilitation Services faces 1.2% cut; parent claims Barresi violated her child's privacy rights; & more...

Treatment of immigrants divides Tulsa police and sheriff's office; up to 1,200 unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America will be held at Fort Sill; after $91M and 20 years, Indian museum …

Fallin signs Common Core repeal bill; leaving Common Core could cost Oklahoma $125 million; Oklahoma corrections board takes no action on execution probe; & more...

New Oklahoma law requires class before many divorces; Fallin has until Saturday to make Common Core decision; American Indian Cultural Center and Museum working to keep donors on board; & more...

Governor signs state budget bill, dozens of other measures; Oklahoma Treasurer says state revenue up 2 percent in May; Tulsa County sheriff notifies cities he won't take inmates without agreement; & …

DHS to miss child welfare goal; Schools across Oklahoma say writing test results deeply flawed; ODOT hit with $28.5 million in budget cuts; & more...

Common Core repeal bill could violate state Constitution; Gov. Fallin signs state pension overhaul; New petition planned For Oklahoma school shelters; & more...

Gov. Fallin signs Capitol repair measure; New law could force closure of two of state's three abortion providers; Corrections Department has yet to release execution log; & more...

Gov. Fallin signs controversial tax break for new oil and gas wells; Oklahoma could hike fees on the poorest and sickest citizens; Tulsa Transit board OKs fare increases, service cuts; & more...

Oklahoma City attorney threatening lawsuit over gross production tax bill; Repairs to begin at Oklahoma Capitol; suit alleges Avalon halfway house inmates groped, assaulted at work-release job; & mor…

Senate rejects Governor Fallin's school storm shelter plan; state leaders say they'll try to solve Indian museum funding issue; uninsured Norman man dies because he feared cost of calling 911; & more…

Oklahoma House, Senate approve permanent tax break for oil and gas companies; Legislature approves $7.1 bill state budget bill; lawsuit says income tax cut bill violates state Constitution; & more...